Demolition of freeway overpass in San Diego – North View
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San Diego, CA: East Palomar Street Bridge Demolition
Tuesday, December 30th, 2014From Mine to Bridge: Boston’s Steel Infrastructure
Thursday, December 25th, 2014
Steel is inherent to the Boston waterfront landscape. Transportation infrastructure such as bridges are essential to ease circulation throughout the harbor. These bridges are all made of steel. Where did this steel actually come from? From Mine to Bridge explores the supply chain of steel, from ore mining, to stock piling, manufacturing, and construction.
View this complete post...Shake It Off – University of Nevada, Reno, Earthquake Engineering Laboratory
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014
The Earthquake Engineering Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno is known for testing large-scale structures on its four shake tables. This video is a parody of Taylor Swift’s song “Shake It Off” that shows how engineers can safely design bridges and buildings to resist earthquake loading. The University of Nevada, Reno ASCE Student Chapter is the GRAND PRIZE WINNER and recipient of $5,000 in the Student Chapter category of ASCE’s 2014 Student and Younger Member Music Video Contest.
View this complete post...NYC: Celebrating 50 Years of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Monday, December 1st, 2014
Now celebrating its fiftieth year, MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened to the public on November 21, 1964.
View this complete post...Minnesota DOT: Maintaining Bridges
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
Nancy Daubenberger, Minnesota State Bridge Engineer, discusses Minnesota bridges and the continuous effort that goes into their construction and maintenance.
View this complete post...NYC Marathon 2014: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Now celebrating its fiftieth year, MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been the starting point for the NYC Marathon since 1976. MTA congratulates the 50,564 finishers of this year’s marathon.
View this complete post...McCall, ID: Moving the Lardo Bridge Inch by Inch
Friday, October 31st, 2014
Time lapse video shows the investment in time and manpower required to move McCall, Idaho’s Lardo Bridge just a few feet from its original location.
View this complete post...Milton, KY: Time Lapse Video of Milton-Madison Bridge Milestones
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
This video highlights the construction milestones of the Milton-Madison Bridge, which include the rising of the trusses into place on temporary piers…the blasts that brought down the old bridge…and the amazing slide of the new bridge onto its permanent piers. The half-mile structure was slid 55 feet making this the longest bridge slide of its type in North America — perhaps the world.
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Aaron M. Renn, Urban Affairs Analyst and Founder of The Urbanophile
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
Aaron M. Renn is The Urbanophile, an opinion-leading urban affairs analyst, entrepreneur, speaker, and writer on a mission to help America’s cities thrive in the 21st century.
“Fundamentally, we have to take a hard look in the mirror and realize that, to some extent, the systems that we have in place in America are a reflection of the values of the people who live here…The public needs to take a look in the mirror and say this is what we’ve chosen as a society.”
View this complete post...Lowell, MI: Sliding the Alden Nash Avenue Bridge Into Place
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
The new bridge will be constructed adjacent to the existing bridge and traffic will be diverted to the new bridge in its temporary location. The old structure was demolished and the new bridge was slid into place. Bridge slide technology greatly reduces the amount of time a bridge is out of service. M-50 was closed and detoured for only two weekends (during demolition and during the slide), as opposed to a multiple-month closure typically associated with a traditional bridge replacement.
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